Margie sets alpha to .05 whereas Charles sets alpha to .10 . Which of the following is more likely to occur to Margie than to Charles?
a. She may miss a relationship that is really there.
b. She may overestimate her effect size.
c. She may find too many statistically significant relationships.
d. She may underestimate her effect size.
a
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Robb carefully designed a study to test a method for reducing test anxiety among students. On the day he conducts his post-test, a broken water main nearby results in jack hammering and other construction sounds that are seem to be distracting research participants. Robb's ability to detect differences among his groups may have been compromised by ____
a. low reliability of the measure b. random heterogeneity of participants c. poor reliability of treatment implementation d. random irrelevancies in the setting
Psychologists who theorize the existence of stimulus motives disagree with
a. achievement theory. c. all motivation theories. b. cognitive dissonance theory. d. drive reduction theory.
Why must psychologists make reasonable efforts to avoid excessive inducements?
A) to insure that the institutional review board will approve future studies B) to compensate the participant with every resource afforded to them C) to insure that no coercion results from inappropriate inducements D) to ensure that the person will participate in future studies
Men who are __________ educated and __________ accepting of traditional stereotypes about relationships between men and women are less likely to commit marital rape.
A. less; less B. more; less C. less; more D. more; more